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The Art of Philately Project- about art, community culture, mountains,stamps…and moreArchive for March, 2009
And Others…
Sacred Places
Sooooo, here are two more. I finally figured out a system of subject matter. Two of the 5 or 6 subject areas are “the Roots that Connect Us” and “the Routes that Connect us”.
Frog Peak, sacred to the Sinixt people is under the Roots category. We are all connected one way or t’other. and Coming Round the Mountains eludes to The Routes….section and the history in the Basin of mining and trains,trains,trains used to remove the goods. Quite a history there is of train travel here, though these days you would be hard pressed to find a train anywhere.
More soon.! DB
Coming Round the Mountains
The Final Toad and others…
The Final Toad
Well here is the final toad. No, it isnt like the others. I felt something was missing, and eventually realized that in order to reflect the colour and exuberance of J.Coopers work, this toad needed to be tarted up. Thus the orange and purple you find in the picture. And if anyone (by the way) personifies the arts in the Kootenays it is John Cooper, due to his free spirit and love of life and art. So there you have it.
More in thenext post.chrs,D
Almost there…
Well the images for this project are almost done. Most have been digitized, and there are only 3 left to create, then off to picturepostage they will go. (cant wait!).
After that,framing and planning for the wee little artists residency in July will be on the agenda. That of course involves a bit of excercise to hike up to the Kokanee Glacier hut, but Im looking forward to it. I will be there July 13-17, just after my Hidden Garden exhibit.
The first exhibit of the show is booked; July 1st from noon to 5 pm at the Hidden Garden Gallery in New Denver are the time and place.This also includes munchies, a live performance (from 1 to 3) with a fabulous singer (Pat Henman of Nelson) and oh yeah; I will be there too. Other than September when the whole exhibit will be in Cranbrook, this is the only time you will see the entire show together, with stamps.
The other set of stamps will be given to Touchstones Musuem sometime in April. And this is just one project I have going…yikes! In another form of life Im involved with community arts councils, as well as emergency management; and then theres springtime, which means the garden will call. Never a dull moment.
I will post a few more images from the show shortly.chrs,DB
